Denmark has signed a 5-year agreement with Ukraine to help the war-torn country rebuild destroyed wind capacity and strengthen its independence from Russia on energy, the Danish Climate Ministry said on Tuesday. “The new 5-year collaboration will contribute to Ukraine being able to further expand its electricity supply with windContinue Reading
Denmark will make its decision on donating F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming summer, confirmed acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen on Tuesday. The minister during his visit to Ukraine told the local broadcaster TV2 that “the decision will take time because Denmark is not going to doContinue Reading
By Max Hastings A military friend of mine recently visited a relatively honestly governed African state. He asked its president why he does not support the West on Ukraine. His host answered: “I can’t see what’s different between what Russia is doing there and what the West did in Iraq.” We couldContinue Reading
Some of the funds will be used to help the estimated 17.5 million people in the country needing help, including with food as well as education and nuclear safety support. Finland is planning to send a 29 million euro humanitarian aid and development support package to Ukraine, the Finnish MinistryContinue Reading
Sweden is open to sending some of its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, said the country’s defense minister on Thursday. They are in close contact with Germany, the producer of the tanks, over this issue, Pal Jonson told. He said their main contribution to Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself wasContinue Reading
Finland is to decide this week on how it will participate in a European project to deliver Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine to help defend itself against Russia. Yle has learned that the government will meet on Thursday to consider a proposal on the issue from the Ministry of Defence.Continue Reading
Denmark and the US are negotiating a defense agreement in the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, confirmed Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Monday night. After meeting with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken, the Danish foreign minister told local media that the US-Denmark Defense Cooperation Agreement was discussed betweenContinue Reading
The EU should give the European defense industry a “clear signal” to produce more and stressed that military aid to Ukraine must be sped up, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said on Thursday. “First of all, it’s very important that we speed up military aid to Ukraine,” Kallas told reportersContinue Reading
For et par dage siden meddelte forsvarsministeriet, at landet ville donere omkring 90 af sine Leopard 1A5DK kampvogne til Ukraine, så Kyiv bedre kan modstå Ruslands militær. Ideen viste sig dog at være meget dyr. De kampvogne, som Danmark vil give til Ukraine, ikke er danske nu lovligt set. ForContinue Reading
De norske frivillige medic-ene Sander Sørsveen Trelvik og Simon Johnsen ble torsdag truffet av et bombeangrep i Ukraina. – Vi er begge på vei ut i ambulanse for behandling. Vi ble truffet direkte i dag, rett på. De jævlene, skriver Simon til VG. Simon og Sander jobber sammen som medicerContinue Reading